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Gives the Chinese another reason to not visit Thailand. 

9 hours ago, oustaristocrats said:

And not by standing in front of the building with inflated plastic ducks, singing songs like they did in the recent past, this is not going to work. Thai should look back at short but powerfull revolutions in 80-90ties, Romania, East-Germany, a.o.

Or the January 6th rioters in the US capital

14 hours ago, KhunLA said:

79 yrs old ... no wonder some countries can't move forward and nothing changes, as a bunch of old geriatrics at the helm.

Same here in the colonies

Step one:bring all sewage treatment plant(s)up to code. Step two:check the sea water for contaminants after the new treatment plant(s) are fully functional...as if that was ever going to happen. 

19 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

Date night.

That was my first thought. 

15 hours ago, AndyFoxy said:

The thing that got me is no one is trying to help put the fires on their body out. How about taking one’s shirt off and trying to beat out the flames.

Lack of education on how to handle this situation. I propose that the Thai fire departments make regular visits to schools to teach the students about fire safety. Not optimistic. 

On 8/4/2022 at 1:19 AM, Hanaguma said:

Politicians like Pelosi, Biden, McConnell are perfect poster children for the need for two things;

 

a/ Mandatory retirement ages

b/ Mandatory term limits

 

in the US goernment.    There is no reason on God's green earth why dinosaurs like this need to linger in Washington for decades.  They need to find gainful employment that doesn't involve sticking their collective snouts into the huge slopping trough of money known as Washington.

 

I propose: retirement at 70, or at the end of your current term of office if already 70. Max service of one re-election at each level. This would give a max possible time in Washington of 24 years.  Surely that is enough.

Do you really think that people in Congress are going to vote themselves out of a job?  The proposal been tried before and never got anywhere. 

1 hour ago, natway09 said:

Having worked in the insulation industry for 30 years in Thailand, I can just tell you that these places are just disasters waiting to happen.

Due to libel laws here I need to be careful what I say, but it is known known fact that the petrochemical product in question is very flammable which is why 40% by volume  fire retardant is added making it non flammable at point of sale  if the correct amount has been added. It is also the most expensive so often "corners are skipped."

This product is not designed to be installed whenever left exposed to moving air.

It was originally intended for sandwhich walls for coolrooms/freezers where it works very well.

Over time when exposed  the fire retardant sublimates leaving a highly flammable product in situ.

When burning it also emits very toxic chemical smoke, which when inhaled literally stops you breathing   (Tiger Bar Patong, 2 customers drinking not 3 metres from the exit did not make it)

New Years Eve nightclub fire in Thonglorfor example saw over 20 unlucky patrons with not even a burn mark, just smoke inhalation poisoning.

Similar product involved in the terrible apartment fire just out out of London (Granville ?

If I have told the upper echalon involved in approving this material once, I have told them 100 times. Vested interests take preference to life obviously.

In closing may I say that I know of many places where this threat to human life exists including a very large shopping centre with over 6,000 M2 of this highly flammable product lurking for a

fateful day, & how do I know ? , I tore a very small piece off the wall & lit it in the carpark to convince the consultants.

Even although they saw black smoke emitted & coughed for hours to the best of my knowledge it is still there

Due to the renovations that have been done to this shopping centre there would be no escape for most folks 

Jungeceylon? 

As a chemist, not pharmacist, I agree with everything that you said about the properties of this foam when burned. 

56 minutes ago, Dont confuse me said:

A waste of live! Perhaps someone could explain what could possibly cause a big enough explosion that would cause instant death (as reported)?

 

Foam burns instantly and gives off toxic fumes. Exit doors possibly blocked/locked. Common in nightclubs that charge an entrance fee so that the party people don't let their friends in through the fire exit and avoid the cover charge. 

15 hours ago, dhupverg said:

Wasn't it the same situation in Phuket with that big club fire and the insulating foam which is highly flammable?

Yes. I remember reading about that fire. I had been in that nightclub several times before the fire. Always wall to wall crowds. Could hardly move. According to the information at the time, a temporary lighting fixture blew up and caught the foam "animals" surrounding the stage on fire. The owners of the nightclub blamed it on a blown transformer just outside the venue on Bangle Road which was quickly disproven. The "Phuket Gazette" posted photos of the charred bodies but were soon taken down. The rumor was that the faulty light fixture is currently at the bottom of the Andaman sea. "Land of cover your ass, not smiles." 

2 hours ago, stoner said:

business model

 

loan people money who can't afford it

dont get money back in many instances

harass people threaten them etc

still don't get money back

 

rinse and repeat

 

 

Are you talking about China and Cambodia?  Just kidding...

How did chemical castration turn out for Alan Touring? 

Fuji? 

9 hours ago, n00dle said:

It is a shame there are no other countries on earth that have legalized cannabis that the thai government can look to as an example. 

Falang think too mutt

18 hours ago, Wuvu2 said:

Ya, selective listening leaves me a lot happier in life.

 

If only they could invent an algorithm that feeds us only the news we want to know ????

Fox news fulfills your requirement 

14 hours ago, mackayae said:

Who are you?

 

So funny. Those were my first thoughts as well.

19 hours ago, The Fugitive said:

What on earth are they doing forcing a police recruit to make a parachute jump? My stepdaughter recently successfully completed the five year university police entrance course. Hate to think she'll be required to jump? 

Because they get pretty wings on their uniforms after the jump

5 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

I wonder if the heavily obscured vision through the truck's windscreen played any part in this sad accident.

Good point

13 hours ago, dinsdale said:

I said before this may be a good thing. Delta became dominant over Beta and Beta has disappeared. Omicron (which should have been named Xi) becomes dominant aver Delta and hopefully Delta dissapears. Again hopefully Xi Omicron is mild and this thing might fizzle out. Of course Omicron might mutate later into a more deadly strain albeit less transmissable. Let's hope for the former.

I agree with your logic. I have tried to explain this logic to several non-scientists and they cannot follow it. The problem is if this data is confirmed later this month, then the public might misinterpret it no longer be concerned with getting vaccinations which would be highly counterproductive. 

7 hours ago, Virt said:

It's funny how they use greek letters to name the variants, but somehow they managed to jump to omicron and forgot Xi.

 

I wonder why ????

 

 

I read that too. The WHO have been in bed with China for years as a major source of their funding. Wouldn't want to loose money or worse if the Panda bear gets angry. 

3 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

They want to have the sex stories during state( and Business) visits to cease being told. My guess is top brass and rich people visit Washington/London/Berlin and have falang <deleted> that can't wait to tell about their experiences in the Red Light Districts. I'd think those encounters would get old quick and lead to a loss of face. The rich and powerful are tired of those escapades being told time and again during their visits to the  West.

I'll have to respectfully disagree with you. From my decade of experience with Thais, especially Thai women, I have found that money is their primary goal in life and there is little shame in the culture to care where it came from. I wouldn't be too worried about the feeling of the wealthy overseas. Any evidence?